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          Mmangaliso Nzuza - An Open Letter 2024
          Jozua Gerrard - contemporary artist, figurative painter - In the Present Tense
          Xanthe Somers - Invisible Hand 2024
          signifying the impossible song 2024 - Southern Guild Los Angeles
          Alexandra Karakashian - console, 2024
          Chuma Maweni - ceramic artist
          Ayotunde Ojo - Nigerian painter

          An Open Letter

          Mmangaliso Nzuza

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          In the Present Tense

          Jozua Gerrard

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          Invisible Hand

          Xanthe Somers

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          signifying the impossible song

          Group exhibition

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          Beneath the broken sun

          Alexandra Karakashian

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          iMvelaphi

          Chuma Maweni

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          These Four Walls

          Ayotunde Ojo

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          Past Exhibition

          Past Exhibition

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          Current Exhibition

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          Upcoming Exhibition

          Upcoming Exhibition

          29 Aug - 7 Nov 2024

          29 Aug - 7 Nov 2024

          29 Aug - 7 Nov 2024

          13 Sept - 9 Nov 2024

          13 Sept - 9 Nov 2024

          14 Nov - 28 Feb 2025

          14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

          Cape Town South Africa

          Cape Town South Africa

          Cape Town South Africa

          Los Angeles United States

          Los Angeles United States

          Cape Town South Africa

          Cape Town South Africa

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          Based in Cape Town and Los Angeles, Southern Guild represents contemporary artists from Africa and its diaspora, furthering the continent’s contribution to global art movements.

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          Alexandra Karakashian - console, 2024
          Beneath the broken sun

          Alexandra Karakashian

          Los Angeles 13 Sept - 9 Nov 2024

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          signifying the impossible song 2024 - Southern Guild Los Angeles
          signifying the impossible song

          Group exhibition

          Los Angeles 13 Sept - 9 Nov 2024

          Upcoming
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          Chuma Maweni - ceramic artist
          iMvelaphi

          Chuma Maweni

          Cape Town 14 Nov - 28 Feb 2025

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          Ayotunde Ojo - Nigerian painter
          These Four Walls

          Ayotunde Ojo

          Cape Town 14 Nov - 27 Feb 2025

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          Methods of Flight - Southern Guild Los Angeles 2024
          Methods of Flight

          Amanda Shingirai Mushate | Grace Nyahangare

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

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          Terence Maluleke - Jackson Hlungwani's Gift II, 2024
          Like a Fish in the Water

          Terence Maluleke

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

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          Wycliffe Mundopa - Odd Man Out, 2024
          Mbare Opera

          Wycliffe Mundopa

          Los Angeles 21 Nov - 1 Feb 2025

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          Zanele Muholi - Faces and Phases 2024, London
          Editiorial
          Upcoming panel discussion: ‘Art in Focus: Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern and Frieze Sculpture’
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          Southern Guild in ‘Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy’ at MoAD, San Francisco
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          Southern Guild artists in ‘Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors and Radical Black Joy’ at MoAD, San Francisco
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          Zizipho Poswa JCAF Knowledge Talks - Homage Through Clay
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          LISTEN: Zizipho Poswa in conversation with Ashraf Jamal for JCAF Knowledge Talks
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          DOTY Awards 2024 - Icon Award Trevyn and Julian McGowan
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          Southern Guild co-founders receive Icon Award at the inaugural House & Garden SA Designer of the Year Awards
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          By Design, 2024 - Denver Art Museum
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          Diallo and Dyalvane in ‘By Design: Stories and Ideas Behind Objects’ at the Denver Art Museum
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          Homo Faber 2024: The Journey of Life
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          Poswa, Hefer, Fani and Dyalvane at Homo Faber 2024 in Venice
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          Marvellous Realism - Fotografiska, Shanghai
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          Muholi in 'Marvellous Realism' at Fotografiska Shanghai
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          Nomcoko, 2024 - Andile Dyalvane
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          Andile Dyalvane's 'OoNomathotholo: Ancestral Whispers' opens at Friedman Benda, New York
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          Madoda Fani and Patrick Bongoy
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          Madoda Fani and Patrick Bongoy at the second edition of the Indian Ocean Craft Triennial (IOTA) in Australia
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          ZANELE MUHOLI monograph, 2024
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          Southern Guild publishes Zanele Muholi exhibition monograph
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          Southern Guild Opens in Los Angeles

          22 Feb 2024

          Press
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          South African artists Zanele Muholi and Zizipho Poswa bring powerful artworks to Frieze Sculpture in London

          Daily Maverick, October 2024

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          Zanele Muholi - visual activist and artist
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          Southern Guild’s Path to Becoming a Global Platform for African Artists

          Artsy, September 2024

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          Trevyn and Julian McGowan at Southern Guild Los Angeles, 2024
          Sisonke Papu, GUILD Residency 2023
          GUILD Residency

          Based in Cape Town, our residency programme is open to artists from around the world who want to engage with an African context.

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